Did you see this e-article in Yahoo news today??

Of what I understand the equipment he uses is highly modified. Nothing is as purchased. How can you judge a record that most people will be playing on standard stock equipment regardless of its cost? Is the system on the analitical solid state side or the warm tube side as that will effect playback?. I would like this information before purchasing. Also shipping cost for the return of a 750.00 record is what?
I would rather talk with a local dealer to listen to what he has to pick the best sounding version on MY system. He would get back all clean records for his trouble. If you buy used records then you will have a store you go to often and have a relationship with the owner. I do with 3 stores and all have great return policies especially since everything is cleaner upon return than when it leaves

The whole thing is just stupid!

Taters, I tend to agree with you that the pricing on these "hot stampers" vinyl is ludicrous BUT there just might be some truth to it.
Read this forum thread (as I did) & also watch the Mike Fremer video (see the post by Qdrone) in its entirety (I'm in the process of - watched 20 mins of the 60 mins).
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?gmusi&1399384539&&&/Hot-Stamper-myth-or-reality-

after all of this you might still be unconvinced but at least you'll be better educated (I was/am).

BTW, just to be clear: I'm not taking sides one way or the other re. hot stampers vinyl & their pricing but I'm merely pointing you to some additional info.
Apparently this topic is not new & the pricing is also not as ludicrous as it 1st seems - there's this company called Better Records that's been pricing such vinyl at these stratospheric prices for a while now......

I think I will start selling my hot...Hot stampers @ twice the price. Some of them have been through a 40 year evaluation and listening process. That must be worth something.